BUFFALO — GWAR may be known for the bombastic, over-the-top costumes and stage show but the music is impeccable. Not only are these guys great actors, to be able to pull off a mock trial during the set, but to play and move around the stage as they do, all of them are true ...

“Prepare to be entertained.” Those words were said by Chris Switala, who plays Leo Bloom in “The Producers.” Switala loves the role of Bloom, as well as the play. “I fell in love with the 1967 movie, with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, especially the Wilder role of Bloom. I ...

Matthew Swanson still reigns over his “Empire.” It’s a dream-come-true for Swanson, and it was filmed over the last four years, but the entire project has taken seven years. He said the script took more than a year to develop, and about six months to write. The film stars Alyssa ...

Have you ever been drawn to a song because of its clever lyrics. You know the song where the music is good, but because of the lyrics, you remember the song. And then there are those songs that have music where the lyrics may have two meanings. If you have taken an English Language Arts ...

Life has a habit of taking us from one place to another, from one side of the fence to the other. Over the career of a musician, it is even more prominent as his personal side bleeds into the art they produce. Jacoby Shaddix, singer for Papa Roach, knows this well. Coming from destitution, ...

One of the long-standing rock bands that find themselves in the metal genres have a habit of coming to Buffalo regularly. GWAR usually shows up to create a scene of mayhem and leave their fans covered in, well, messy liquids in the Fall. While the lineup changes and the attitudes are always ...